‘Music is the only democracy; all notes are equal’ - unknown
“My first real relationship with music began when I was in third or fourth grade: my Mother sat me down beside the speakers of our music system on a cane-chair and taught me Country Roads and Born Free as the cassette rolled and she jotted down the words in short-hand. Douglas’ destiny with the guitar was written in 1990 when he was gifted a Yamaha FG-45 but he never really did get the point - the magic and wonder that is the guitar until he began playing on the engineering college band and from 1999 onward an unbreakable bond and commitment to the instrument was established. Douglas made it a point to pick up the instrument and practice even if it was just fifteen minutes after a hectic and exhausting work day on this first job to playing for hours at a stretch on the holidays. “The answer was always clear to me: I knew deep down that one day I would play on stages. Maybe not like the professional greats but I knew it would pay off in its own right in its own way. And it has.”
ASSOCIATED ACTS
Victor and the Crowns (2010 - present) Base 9 (1999 - 2002)
INFLUENCES
“The artists listed below showcase original talent and innovation. They may well be the last bastion of true music.”
Aerosmith Audioslave Beatles Bon Jovi Bryan Adams CCR Cliff Richard Dire Straits Eagles Elvis Presley Guns N' Roses Jeff Healey Michael Jackson Mr. Big Poets of the Fall Scorpions Jonny Lang
GUITAR SHOWCASE
The Yamaha FG-45 is over 30 years old and can still out perform most acoustic guitars in terms of sound quality and volume.
The Comet is christened Tiara because “at the store, the lights reflected off her body like a tiara of stars”
GUITAR GEAR/ GIG DATES
Check out this blog post on the rig Douglas uses at gigs. Visit the News page of this website for a listing of the gig dates and venues.
FAVORITE LYRIC
I can't do the talk like the talk on the TV; I can't do a love song like the way it's meant to be; I can't do anything, but I'd do anything for you... Now all I do is kiss you through the bars of a rhyme - Mark Knopfler (Romeo & Juliet)
